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Took the old 12 foot wooden field gate off it's mounts ( as in unscrewed three bolts on the top hinge and the spine bolt through the bottom hinge) ...swmbo'd wasn't strong enough to lift it with me...fair play she tried...got the new galvanised one on...misses the catch but thats a fix for another day. Bungies rule!
Also fixed a new floor in the new s/h log basket and got the castors mounted properly. Compared to many recent days...high achievements.....

Mussels wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:51 pm Can the church get fined for breaking covid laws?

That was the cemetery. Open space, no restrictions on movements, people standing in family bubbles.

To be honest, I would say skating on thin ice. All I am legally obliged to do there is the committal, the funeral directors are the ones in charge so carry the can. We did tell the family to check with them, but a lot of people just turned up!

At the Church we made sure only 30 came inside, that is the law, so we stuck to it.

Overslept. Again!

2.30pm and not had a shower yet. Again!

(Weight class was at 9.15 this morning. Yeah, I'm whiffing up a bit funky)

On the plus side I did a video call with Barclays to get the Gremlinette a proper bank account. Was alright.

Finally got round to doing some of my more delicate knits washing done.

Took all the recycling out.

Cleaned up the kitchen, and baked a cake, which smellls lush and is busy cooling down on the rack, and yet it seems as if the entire day has disappeared already.

My physio made me cry again!! Who knew that the realisation that I might actually be able to get my hand to my head again so I can do actual hairstyles would be such an emotional thing?! I was actually really happy but also a bit sad. We worked out that the sad was that I've hated not being able to do my hair for the last three and a half years except in one main style Roll on more strength and I'll be able to do girly hair stuff again!!


Weirdly, this next made me just exceptionally happy - two days in a row I've been able to do my bra up at the back for the first time in around a year - bloody awesome and just made me grin a LOT

Almost lost the will to live with the amount of punctures I had today

Last night it was, waiting 3 hours for boiler engineer to service the old boiler in the house I'm trying to sell. Shared ownership stuff adds on layers of "difficulty" in trying to sell. He found it was the filler loop not working and then proceeded to kill it. I'm heading there just now to see if the place is flooded or not. He did get the boiler working and so it is a warm house again, but now I have to wait and see if the boiler is over pressured or just knackered...

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:44 am Last night it was, waiting 3 hours for boiler engineer to service the old boiler in the house I'm trying to sell. Shared ownership stuff adds on layers of "difficulty" in trying to sell. He found it was the filler loop not working and then proceeded to kill it. I'm heading there just now to see if the place is flooded or not. He did get the boiler working and so it is a warm house again, but now I have to wait and see if the boiler is over pressured or just knackered...

Visited the house this morning. Boiler is deaded. Not playing ball. Now getting quotes for replacement.

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:39 am
Visited the house this morning. Boiler is deaded. Not playing ball. Now getting quotes for replacement.

In a hurry?

Could you wait until Easter, get a builder to block it in then, after a couple of days it'll be ok for a bit longer

Broke curfew to get home at 2 am - didn't get shot.

Had a one hour chat with my lad in the UK and now, just got home after breaking the curfew again. Didn't get shot but did get my covid vaccination shot organised for next Tuesday. I was going to do some work up at the boat but the above has thrown me a bit and it's also bloody cold so that work can wait till tomorrow and this afternoon I'll do some wood butchering in the house.

It's cold enough to light the soba (wood burner) and roast some chestnuts.

Made my first proper cake. I'm impressed, but someone on here won't be fearing for their job!

Taipan wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:25 pm Made my first proper cake. I'm impressed, but someone on here won't be fearing for their job!

Share it round fatty

No chance, but you can admire it in all its lemony magnificence!!

Taipan wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:30 pm No chance, but you can admire it in all its lemony magnificence!!

From a Ghostbusters cookbook?

Taipan wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:30 pm No chance, but you can admire it in all its lemony magnificence!!

I don't think Mary Berry is sweating right now......

Not today but Tuesday, had my first jab. I had the AstraZeneca (sp) version. Spent the 2 days since with no go in me at all, very tired, sweating and high temperature at night, headache and muscles in my legs aching.
Today, much better, still tired but no more aches, done a few bits to make me get up and do stuff.
Mick, off for a snooze!!

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:39 am

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:44 am Last night it was, waiting 3 hours for boiler engineer to service the old boiler in the house I'm trying to sell. Shared ownership stuff adds on layers of "difficulty" in trying to sell. He found it was the filler loop not working and then proceeded to kill it. I'm heading there just now to see if the place is flooded or not. He did get the boiler working and so it is a warm house again, but now I have to wait and see if the boiler is over pressured or just knackered...

Visited the house this morning. Boiler is deaded. Not playing ball. Now getting quotes for replacement.

Seven jet skis.

Asian Boss wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:11 pm

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:39 am

the_priest wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:44 am Last night it was, waiting 3 hours for boiler engineer to service the old boiler in the house I'm trying to sell. Shared ownership stuff adds on layers of "difficulty" in trying to sell. He found it was the filler loop not working and then proceeded to kill it. I'm heading there just now to see if the place is flooded or not. He did get the boiler working and so it is a warm house again, but now I have to wait and see if the boiler is over pressured or just knackered...

Visited the house this morning. Boiler is deaded. Not playing ball. Now getting quotes for replacement.

Seven jet skis.

Six geese a laying

I arranged to meet a friend to walk up the mountain a little way. I warned her I was slow and stopped often "to admire the view"!! She was walking up on snowshoes with a snowboard on her back, so happy to stop a lot

Well, damn if we didn't walk all the way up to the top of a mountain Not something I've ever done!!! Always wanted to tho!

Sadly the snow conditions weren't very good so I fell over a lot on the way back down - well halfway as from halfway the piste had been bashed recently so wasn't so bad!!! The top half was a total bastard tho Lumpy, soft then hard snow, claggy. And worst, very deep!! LOL So when I did fall it was a total shit to try and get the skis off and then get myself out of the snow and back on the skis!! LOL But we made it up and back. Bloody awesome!!

We decided we walk at a good pace for each other, so we'll do more - just not to the top very often as I can't ski back down very well

This is the bottom of the Verdons Nord lift - where I normally stop!!



We had a reviving genepi there - I'd have waited till we got to the top if I'd have known we were going to get that far!!



The snow on this didn't look as bad on the way up as on the way down!! LOL Didn't help (I guess) that I was VERY tired on the way back!! You can see where the chairlift finishes at the top, that's where we went to!!



Virtually at the top (probably only 100m to where we had a break and about 5-10 metres up. The mountain behind me is the one I want to walk to the top of but the pistes up to that are a bit steeper!! One day!!



Views from the top







I fell over quite a bit on the down!! (Five times ) Luckily the snow was soft. But it did mean that when falling and trying to protect my right shoulder, my skis dug into the snow - they didn't release as the snow let them dig in and so it was a serious challenge to get the bastards off, me out of the snow, and the skis back on!! LOL



I was wearing mittens, honest - it isn't the gesture it looks like!!



Seriously hard work. Some friends did the walk up in a couple of hours at the weekend - Nikki and I took nearly 4 hours!! LOTS of stopping to admire the view/catch a breath/recover!!

Sadly, due to the many falls, it took a bloody long time to get back down too!

But - now I've done it once, I know I can! Even if it takes hours. I'm very very happy